Chandigarh, the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana on Friday shivered at a minimum temperature of 5.2 degrees celsius, the season’s lowest so far.
The city denizens braved the chill as Chandigarh was colder than north India’ hill stations — Dharamsala and Shimla in Himachal.The minimum temperature settled two notches below normal in Chandigarh. In Himachal, its capital city- Shimla recorded a low of 6.2 degrees Celsius while Dharamshala settled at minimum temperature of 6.8 degrees Celsius.
Meanwhile, bone-chilling conditions across the region left the populace shivering on Friday as temperature continued to plunge below normal levels.Narnaul in Haryana was the coldest in the region and braved the cold conditions at minimum temperature of 2.5 degrees Celsius, down by four degrees from normal. The holy city—Amritsar recorded minimum temperature at 3.2 degrees Celsius, one degree below normal.
Among other places, Hissar recorded minimum temperature at 2.9 degrees Celsius, ludhiana witnessed a low temperature of 3.6 degrees Celsius, Patiala 5.4 degrees Celsius, Ambala 5.8 degrees Celsius, Bhiwani 5.2 degrees Celsius and Karnal 3.8 degrees Celsius.
In neighboring hilly State of Himachal, Kalpa was the coldest recording a low of minus 0.2 degrees Celsius, Manali saw a low of 0.6 degrees Celsius, Solan 3.5 degrees Celsius, Bhuntar 2 degrees Celsius, Nahan 5 degrees, Una 0.5 degrees and Sunder Nagar 2 degrees.
“light to moderate rain/ thundershowers may occur at few places in Haryana and Punjab in next three days,” predicted the Met Department.
Both Patiala and ludhiana in Punjab recorded maximum temperature at 22.5 degrees Celsius each. The respective maximum temperature in Ambala, Bhiwani and Hissar was 22.4 degrees Celsius, 22.7 degrees and 24 degrees Celsius.